Shielding against flu epidemics
John K. Borchardt
Managing modern influenza vaccines is often as much an administrative art as a science.

Content in Context
The global enterprise

From Our Readers

News in Brief

• Stem cell survival
• Seizing the opportunity
• Hormones and cognition
• High-affinity bonus
• Predicting asthma drug response
• PEG-ing the microsphere
• Brain booster surprise
• G-proteins and platelets
• Heparin syntheses
• An insulin replacement?

Insight and Analysis
Tissue debates Research using tissue taken from patients sparks new debates on privacy and property

To Your Health
Psoriasis drug inhibits nicotine metabolism The compound methoxsalen may help heavy smokers kick the habit.

On the Calendar

Clinical Trials Track
A new broom? From OPPR to OHRP—transforming human research protections

Rules and Regulators
Patient health information goes electronic
New national standards encourage online filing to cut paperwork.

Money Matters: Personal
Don’t let errors deflate your pension
Also: Some early tax-deduction tips

The Tool Box
Laser capture microdissection Isolating individual cells for molecular analysis

The Time Line
Bring out your dead! Yersinia pestis, cause of ancient plagues, remains a modern peril.

Ready to Read

• Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health
• The Black Stork: Eugenics and the Death of “Defective” Babies in American Medicine and Motion Pictures Since 1915

New Product Notes

Diseases and Disorders
A plague on all our houses?

Index to Authors and Articles